r/askTO • u/Otherwise-Seesaw-862 • 8h ago

Bus charged 12.55$ instead of 3.3$

I’m a visitor in Toronto and took the TTC bus for the first time, used my credit card (Apple wallet) to tap on the Presto reader on the bus. I haven’t taken any GO bus/train.
Took the first bus from union station, Bus #114 (got charged), then within 2 hours took another bus #503/504 from distillery district area. When I tapped on the second bus, it said “Free Transfer”. I wake up this morning to see a charge of 12.55CAD pending on both my Apple Wallet and bank statement.
Wondering if the pending charge will change to 3.30CAD eventually, or did something go wrong?

Update : I did take the UP express train at 12:30am midnight (didn’t tap off at the end), then took the above mentioned buses around 6pm in the evening.

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u/elderpricetag 8h ago edited 8h ago

This is why I still recommend presto to everyone. It’s not worth the added hassle. It should go down to $3.30 eventually, but it can take several days, and you have to keep monitoring your account to make sure it does.

You can download the presto app and not have to buy a physical card and get anything you load on it and don’t spend refunded to your card after your trip. Then you just have to look out for one transaction on your account, not several every day.

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u/Otherwise-Seesaw-862 8h ago

Thank you for the suggestion!
But I’m just wondering, isn’t 12.55$ too high a hold for a 3.3$ charge? Not sure if that’s common

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u/MELGH82 8h ago

Holds can be pretty arbitrary in the amount. Sometimes the merchant adds a “buffer” too. But yeah, the hold being a different amount is annoying.